"There's those quotes again! What do they mean this time?"
"I'm trying to stress that it is wise to be aware of kender."
"Why?"
"It would be rude to ignore a kender. Besides, 'An ignored kender is a bored kender.'"
"I hate boredom. It's no fun."
"No. No it's not."
"Wanna go hunt goatsucker birds?"
"I can't. I have to finish this list."
"Awww. . . . . .Chris?"
"What?"
"I'm bored."

• "I guess I found it somewhere."
• "You must have dropped it."
• "You should be more careful, you could have lost it."
• "Kender are small because they're meant to do small things, and it's the small things that make a difference."
• "This looks just like yours, doesn't it?"
• "Maybe it fell into my pocket"
• "Oops!"
• "Why insult a door's purpose by locking it?"
• "Doubting Trapspringer"
  Used in reference to one who is skeptical as to the validity of a story or tale. (Of
  course this means everyone but kenders.)
• "May your hoopak swing true" - kender saying - Than Gib
• "Eye level for a kender is door-lock height for the same reason a chipmunk has extra cheek space."
• "The only useful pouch is a full one." - Kipper Snifferdoo
• "New roads demand a hoopak."
• "No road is ever old."
• "I'm just along for the fun."
• "Anything easy is more trouble than it's worth."
• "May the path you travel always be a new one, (with a map of course)" - Topknot Swizlestick
• "If the milk is spilt, the cat will lick it."
• "Don't change the color to match the walls. Look like you belong, and the walls will change color to match you."
• "Empty pockets hold more." -Tas
• "Sometimes you have to put the cat out of the house, lock the door, put the key under the mat, then head down the road."
• "Someone's lost item is another's good fortune."
• "When you see a fork in the road, don't go left or right, it means someones been there before. You should go up the middle. That's where the adventure is." - Koochie Fuzzbucket.
• "Locks are like taunts, they can be useful sometimes, but insulting all the time." - Koochie Fuzzbucket
• "If you're going to do something, do it the fun way." - Aeon Dragonfun

"Merrin?"
"What?"
"Some of these papers aren't the same as the ones I gave you to record stuff. Where did you get them?"
"Um...I don't know. I guess I found them somewhere."
"Found them, eh? There's a name on them. 'Sean Christian Macdonald' Who's that?"
"Oh. He's a scribe from the library. I helped him pick up some books. Those must have been a reward."
"I doubt it. Well, I guess I'll have to credit him."
"Do you want me to bring them back?"
"No. I'll do it."
"Alright. See ya."

"Not all the people of Krynn are fond of kender. Yeah, that surprised me, too. Well, here is a list I made of just some of the things I've heard."

• "Anywhere a rat can go, two kender will be."
• "Kenderareveryusefulwhenyouneedthingsnotavaliabletognomes"
• "A kender family heirloom is anything that stays in the household for more than a week."
• "Somewhere in this world must be a Neverending Fountain of Kenders. If only we could plug it..."
• "The gods look after fools, children, and drunks, and kender count for two out of those three."

• "The only good kender is a dead one."

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